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Agreement on More US Coronavirus Relief Remains Elusive

Ken Bredemeier

   There will be no new coronavirus economic relief package in the U.S.
   before next Tuesday's presidential and congressional elections.

   Despite months of negotiations, the White House and Republican and
   Democratic lawmakers have been unable to reach an agreement to provide
   more money for American families, businesses and unemployed workers,
   even as the number of new infections surges by 60,000 to 70,000 a day.

   Congress, in a bipartisan accord, approved $3 trillion in coronavirus
   relief to families, businesses and jobless workers in the first months
   after the virus swept into the United States from China and Europe in
   March and April. But that money has largely been spent, as more
   coronavirus cases are being recorded and the country's world-leading
   death toll of nearly 227,000 people continues to mount.

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